Revelation 20, 1,000 Years Millenium

 

Revelation 20 – 1,000 Years Millenium

While satan roams the earth there can be no Millennium which means 1000 years. It starts out with an Angel taking hold of satan and throws him into the bottomless pit. This is not the lake of fire. To recap: the first resurrection started with Christ’s resurrection, followed by the rapture of His church more than 1900 years later. At the end of the tribulation those that were martyred and those that did not take the mark of the beast and the Old Testament Saints will reign on earth with Christ for 1000 years. The church which is the bride of Christ will live in the new Jerusalem. These Saints will be able to travel back and forth from heaven to earth. There will be multitudes of people still in their earthly bodies and some will be born during the Millennium. These people haven't died but will mingle with the heavenly bodies of people that have died. During the 1000 years people will live under ideal conditions. There will be plenty of food, no diseases, the curse of sin will be removed from the earth. Christ will rule the world with a rod of iron. It will be His way or else. At the end of the thousand years satan will be let loose from the bottomless pit and those who get tired of being told what to do will turn against God and follow the great deceiver, satan. This will be man's final rebellion, the end of man's disobedience to God. Nothing but the final judgment remains.

Contrary to popular belief, satan is not in hell today. He is the one who is in control of the world, limited only by God. In the tribulation, he will have full reign for a while. As we saw he is not the first to be cast into hell the Anti-Christ and the false prophet preceded him by 1000 years. The second resurrection is where the lost is raised from the dead to be given a chance to state their case as to why they should go to heaven. No one will be saved by their works.

In this heavenly courtroom, Christ himself is the judge. Everyone, small and great, rich and poor, the notorious and the reputable will stand without excuse before their maker. The only thing that will matter is whether one's name is written in the book of life. That book has no misprints, admissions, or mistakes. No person can blame anyone else if their name is missing; and they can take no credit if their name is included. Each person can be sure that their name is written in the book by trusting Christ today. Our judgment will be as a child of God at the judgment seat of Christ to reward us. All the lost will be cast into the lake of fire, which is the second death. It is this eternal separation from God. When the lost dies today, they go to hell, they will be raised to face this judgment. When the saved dies today, they go to paradise and then to heaven with Christ on to the new Jerusalem.

 

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